The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1887-06-22
A sEvEN-yEAn-oLD's IMPRESSIONS.

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me hate 1T forever and forever.
l can't understand why people will
drink it whom it is such an awful bad
thing and makes them look SO wild and
terrible.
., | can remember how my pa used
to look when he drank whisky, and l
can remember how scared mother was
when he came home drunk.
L used to think we were as good us
other people, for We had II nice house
and had enough to eat, and we all seemed
To get along tirst-ratc, except when pa
would go to the tavern and get drunk,
and then when he came home we would
have an awful time. He would strike
mother with anything he could get hold
of, and once when l told him he was n
bad man to act that way, he took me by
II foot and slammed mo clean across
the room.
| was hurt and scared too, and mother
she screamed awful, and then she picked
me up and ran out of the house.
1t was a cold night-yes, awful cold;
l can mind that very well, for when
mother took me to Mr.. Wcston's house
they said | was nearly frozen. My leg
hurt me awful bad too, and | cried and
cried.
When Mr.. Weston brought the doctor,
he said my leg was broken, and he set it,
and it hurt pretty bad too, but L tried
not to cry, for L knew it made mother
feel kind of distressed.
But l couldn't stop the cry altogether.
1t would break out sometimes. [ tell
you it is pretty bad to have n broken
leg. 1t is bad for n little boy, but |
reckon it wouldn't be SO bad for a big
boy or u man.
| hated my pa after that. What did
he break my leg for? L asked myself
that question II good many times.
Wasn't L his own boy?' And hadn't he
been good to me before? Then why
should he rise right up and slam me
across the and break my leg Just
because | told him he was a bad man to
act so ugly and strike mother?
| talked to mother about il when |
wa lying with my broken leg, and it
hurting pretty bad too, and she said it
was whisky that did it.
But | told her that if whisky and pa
hadn't got together it wouldn't have
been done. Whisky in n bottle wouldn't
have done it, but whisky in pa is what
caused the trouble.
| told mother | wondered why people
drank whisky when it made them S o bad,
ana caused them to IAN boys around
and break Their legs. She said they
couIdn help IT, When they commenced
they were compelled to go ahead. They
might try TO stop, but they couldn't.
IL WHISKY Is AS bad as that, oughtn't
people to be very careful? think they
ought TO shut thelr mouths and strike
rlght ana ielt When they come near tot;
L never asked mother to explain all
ABOUT thlS, Tor SIC alea soon alter, and
L uluh ! LaNc "u opportunity 10 taiK 10
her, but L suppose that he meant that
wllskey WouI4 erase q man ana get INTO
JUS NOUN ana IL DIS throat whether
Nc MihtCu IL OF not
II thats the case whisky Is /" terrible
AlonsVcr:
N!r. weston is a preacher, and ne says
u 9lIcS IKE a Serpent ana stlngs IKE an
i1der, MhA nc says THAT serpoi;ts aId
"o4Gla are SNAKES.
uGul' ana l can lnS1 niluorStand how
WHISKY can get INTO the shape OF snakes,
puU thay mnSV DC INC way OF ~ Tor now
I TO- mntSNS tu'aSu /" nun ahu &et Gown
MS tlirorC' unless IL 9in hrSt get INTO the
omapo In ntN "itu tneil run 'i"nS the
5ro.nI 10 "in' oilliso up MS ie8S"hu pump
"o"nln = iI"s; -.
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n !, 800" TO-, : ti o"i bunny WESTON Ic!l
Dot i TiuaaAIiu 'ntV ll''l snakes IN ms
oTu y ISoNoh thc SNAKES c0uidh I
w thov o'o GU up 70 INC man 5 mouth ana
81 ny ~ ny h'S pUoVS' T..
,nifri ri ~ W t"So aiipNeS a.. al I" an
NV ho pSn rh tH,itci NY Noulu 9ct INTO
doyw nU mw th I q - 6o' An'o my NOUN AM"
And $500 IS w.,
first mir %" nnB u Ooo"' I've aoV my
WI mn rnynr hoa mo,o, 70 ,,,.
boots Int Ln bnJ mnmou y ~ D"y me
~ wh;ch i; n''t ~ 10y y % Su"heS,
conr WY "oi" 'n"NeS u
I s"i1 nv r,o+,o. w.. d,,l
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and drnyc nc IoI H5t | - H. pa DtoNo my lc8
Mr.. Wcston Says s%" iio% "i hro1on
l,oo,t ~" '"o Wv" VI d "1oNcH
reckon whom ,oorlo dio &c h,or,n
hnorts thny cry . Ipoot Jooi IN Sm,a Dion tGn
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